shrink
/ʃrɪŋk/
v / n
标准词条
CET-4
一句话记住
收缩;缩小;缩水;精神病医生(非正式);收缩
释义与例句
v
收缩;缩小;缩水
to become or make smaller in size or amount
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The sweater shrank after being washed.
这件毛衣洗过后缩水了。
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The company had to shrink its workforce.
公司不得不缩减员工数量。
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The economy shrank by 2 percent last year.
去年经济收缩了百分之二。
n
精神病医生(非正式);收缩
a psychiatrist; an act of shrinking
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He went to see a shrink about his anxiety.
他去找心理医生看他的焦虑症。
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The shrink in profits worried the board.
利润的缩减让董事会担忧。
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She visited her shrink twice a month.
她每月去看两次心理医生。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
shrink 音似“湿rink”,衣服湿水后缩水
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
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shrinkage 收缩;缩减量名词形式,指收缩的程度或数量。
同义词
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contract 收缩contract 指物理上的收缩;shrink 可指体积、数量等多种缩小。Metal contracts in cold weather. 金属在冷天气中会收缩。
反义词
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expand 扩大;膨胀shrink 是缩小,expand 是扩大,互为反义。The company expanded its business overseas. 该公司把业务扩展到了海外。
常见搭配
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shrink from 因害怕而退缩He did not shrink from the challenge. 他没有在挑战面前退缩。
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shrink away 退缩;躲避The child shrank away from the stranger. 孩子躲开了陌生人。
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shrink in size 体积缩小The ice shrank in size as it melted. 冰融化时体积缩小了。